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825334

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total number of eligible electors on the register, resident outside the UK, for the EU referendum on 23 June 2016; and what proportion of them voted.
tabling member printed	Lord Tyler
uin	HL4867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not hold central records of the total number of eligible electors on the register who reside outside of the UK, where overseas they reside, and the proportion of them who voted.</p><p>The Electoral Commission has produced reports into the administration of the 2017 and 2015 General Election and the 2016 EU referendum. The reports contain information on the number of overseas electors but does not state where they reside. The reports can be found here: <a href="https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/our-work/publications/election-and-referendum-reports" target="_blank">https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/our-work/publications/election-and-referendum-reports</a></p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name May 2015-Report .pdf title May 2015 Elections Report 2 file name 2016 EU referendum report.pdf title 2016 EU referendum Report 3 file name The administration of the June 2017 UK general election.pdf title The administration of 2017 General elections grouped question UIN HL4865 HL4866 HL4868 HL4869 HL4870 question first answered 30/01/2018 16:57:09 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	225 label Biography information for Lord Tyler

825335

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total number of eligible electors on the register, resident in other EU Member States, for the EU referendum on 23 June 2016; and what proportion of them voted.
tabling member printed	Lord Tyler
uin	HL4868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not hold central records of the total number of eligible electors on the register who reside outside of the UK, where overseas they reside, and the proportion of them who voted.</p><p>The Electoral Commission has produced reports into the administration of the 2017 and 2015 General Election and the 2016 EU referendum. The reports contain information on the number of overseas electors but does not state where they reside. The reports can be found here: <a href="https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/our-work/publications/election-and-referendum-reports" target="_blank">https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/our-work/publications/election-and-referendum-reports</a></p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name May 2015-Report .pdf title May 2015 Elections Report 2 file name 2016 EU referendum report.pdf title 2016 EU referendum Report 3 file name The administration of the June 2017 UK general election.pdf title The administration of 2017 General elections grouped question UIN HL4865 HL4866 HL4867 HL4869 HL4870 question first answered 30/01/2018 16:57:10 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	225 label Biography information for Lord Tyler

790395

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of interference by Russian sources with the referendum in the UK on 23 June 2016.
tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
uin	HL3305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister made clear in her Mansion House speech, Russia makes aggressive use of cyber capability to mount sustained campaigns of espionage and disruption.</p><p>To date, we have not seen evidence of successful interference in UK elections or referendums. We take any allegations of interference in UK democratic processes by a foreign government extremely seriously.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 04/12/2017 17:13:13 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

782040

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any government departments and agencies have ongoing inquiries in respect of the 23 June 2016 referendum; and if so, which.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL2821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally.</p><p>The Information Commissioner, who reports directly to Parliament, is carrying out a formal investigation into the use of data analytics for political purposes. This will explore practices deployed during the EU referendum campaign.</p><p>The Government also understands that the Electoral Commission, which reports directly to Parliament, is carrying out a number of investigations related to campaigning at the EU referendum.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 15/11/2017 17:41:28 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

773075

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding from the public purse was allocated to the 2016 EU referendum for the (a) hire of accommodation for counting votes, (b) printing of polling cards, (c) distribution of polling cards and (d) accommodation for the opening of postal votes.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	108580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>The responsibility for managing the funding for national referendums using monies from the Consolidated Fund rests with the Electoral Commission. Counting Officers are given an overall maximum recoverable amount to cover the costs of running the poll. This is based on expenditure on the previous poll, updated for current circumstances, and is aimed to support flexibility in use of the monies by Counting Officers to make it work for the particular needs of their voting area.</p><p>In reference to the overall costs of the 2016 EU Referendum, please see the following Written Statement, presented to Parliament on 23rd March 2016 by the then Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office, John Penrose MP:</p><p><a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-03-23/debates/16032338000011/EUReferendum(CountingOfficers%E2%80%99Regulations)" target="_blank">https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-03-23/debates/16032338000011/EUReferendum(CountingOfficers%E2%80%99Regulations)</a> .</p><p>The European Union Referendum (Counting Officers’ and Regional Counting Officers’ Charges) Regulations 2016 lists the maximum recoverable amounts (MRA) for the services and expenses of counting officers and regional counting officers:</p><p><a href="https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/199442/The-European-Union-Referendum-Counting-Officers-and-Regional-Counting-Officers-Charges-Regulations-2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/199442/The-European-Union-Referendum-Counting-Officers-and-Regional-Counting-Officers-Charges-Regulations-2016.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 26/10/2017 13:00:11 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

773076

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many hours were worked by public servants opening postal votes for the 2016 EU referendum.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	108581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>This information is not centrally held by either the Cabinet Office or the Electoral Commission.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 26/10/2017 15:23:31 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones